Unicode Character "⟶" (U+27F6)

The character ⟶ (Long Rightwards Arrow) is represented by the Unicode codepoint U+27F6. It is encoded in the Supplemental Arrows-A block, which belongs to the Basic Multilingual Plane. It was added to Unicode in version 3.2 (March, 2002). It is HTML encoded as ⟶.

Main Unicode Properties

Name Long Rightwards Arrow
Unicode Codepoint U+27F6
Unicode Version 3.2 (March, 2002)
Block Supplemental Arrows-A
Plane Basic Multilingual Plane

Bidirectional Data

Bidirectional class Other Neutral (ON)
Is mirrored? No

Other Unicode Data

Category Math Symbol
Script Code for undetermined script
Combining Class Not Reordered

U+27F6 Conversion

HTML (decimal) ⟶
HTML (hex) ⟶
HTML (named) ⟶
URL Escape Code %E2%9F%B6
CSS \0027F6
JavaScript, JSON \u27F6
C, C++, Java \u27F6
Python \u27F6
Rust \u{27F6}
Ruby \u27F6

How to type "⟶"

  • Windows ?: Hold Alt, then type 2 7 F 6. Release Alt.
  • Mac ?: Hold Alt ⌥, then type 2 7 F 6. Release Alt.

Preview

  • ⟶
    Times, Times New Roman, serif
  • ⟶
    Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif
  • ⟶
    Courier, Courier New, monospace

UTF Encodings

UTF-8 (hex) 0xE2 0x9F 0xB6
UTF-16 (hex) 0x27F6
UTF-32 (hex) 0x000027F6

References